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$3 SEPTA fares and dramatic service cuts loom as the agency lobbies for more state money

The transit agency projects a $240 million annual deficit starting in July 2024 as the last of federal pandemic aid for transit systems runs out.

SEPTA police officer Kevin Newton on the platform of Spring Garden station as an eastbound El train departs in Philadelphia on Wednesday, May 31, 2023.
SEPTA police officer Kevin Newton on the platform of Spring Garden station as an eastbound El train departs in Philadelphia on Wednesday, May 31, 2023.Read moreHeather Khalifa / Staff Photographer